Which risk significantly increases as hydrogen embrittlement progresses?

💡 Explanation

Hydrogen embrittlement introduces atomic hydrogen into metal lattices causing crack propagation because the hydrogen weakens interatomic bonds through the mechanism of reduced cohesion; therefore the tensile strength decreases, rather than improving, due to accumulating internal cracks.

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